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defame 音标拼音: [dɪf'em] vt. 诽谤,中伤,破坏名誉 诽谤,中伤,破坏名誉 defame v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; " The journalists have defamed me!" " The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [ synonym: { defame}, { slander}, { smirch}, { asperse}, { denigrate}, { calumniate}, { smear}, { sully}, { besmirch}] Defame \ De* fame"\, n. Dishonor. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Defame \ De* fame"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Defaming}.] [ OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare ( cf. defamatus infamous); dis- ( in this word confused with de) fama a report. See { Fame}.] 1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. [ 1913 Webster] My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish' d name. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To charge; to accuse. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. -- Sir W. Scott. Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See { Asperse}. [ 1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " defame": asperse, attaint, bad- mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove, disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel, malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, traduce, vilify
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